Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Long-term follow-up of a community-based treatment program for adolescent sex offenders
(2000)The effectiveness of adolescent sex offender treatment has received relatively little study when compared to the treatment outcome literature with adult sex offenders. Examined even less are the factors associated with ... -
Logging residue from the tropical high forests in the western region of Ghana
(2000)In the face of increasing demand for industrial wood and the serious reduction of the forest resource base in Ghana, logging is reported to be wasteful. However, the level of wastage or residue generation has not been ... -
Lived experience of a Christian school teacher in comparison with the philosophies and policies of Christian Schools International
(2000)This study examines and compares the lived experience of a Christian school teacher with the philosophies and policies of Christian Schools International. A qualitative approach was used as the methodology and characteristics ... -
Detecting depression and malingering using response times on the Personality Assessment Inventory
(2000)The detection of individuals who are malingering psychological dysfunction has proven to be a difficult task (Rogers, 1997). This study was conducted to investigate whether response times on the Personality Assessment ... -
Prey and habitat availability in the Whiskey Jack Forest (Kenora Management Unit, Ontario) to support a cougar (Puma concolor) population
(2000)Cougars (Puma concolor) are the largest of the cats found in Canada. Abundant now only in British Columbia and Alberta, cougars are possibly making a comeback in their former eastern range. One ‘sighting’ (scat and ... -
Structural determinations by analytical analysis of 7-phosphanorbornadiene derivatives and amino acid enantiomers
(2000)The purpose of Chapter 1 is to create a bicyclic, two-coordinate phosphorus derivative in the form of a 2,3-benzo-l,4,5,6-tetraphenyl-7-phosphanorbomadiene anion and measure its experimental 3,P NMR chemical shift. This ... -
Results on perfect graphs
(2000)The chromatic number of a graph G is the least number of colours that can be assigned to the vertices of G such that two adjacent vertices are assigned different colours. The clique number of a graph G is the size of the ... -
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing : an evaluation of single session treatment of test anxiety
(1999)Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured comprehensive therapeutic procedure that appears to desensitize the distressing emotions related to past disturbing and traumatic events, while ... -
Cache performance of chronological garbage collection
(1999)This thesis presents cache performance analysis of the Chronological Garbage Collection Algorithm used in LVM system. LVM is a new Logic Virtual Machine for Prolog. It adopts one stack policy for all dynamic memory ... -
Exploring the human dimension of Thunder Bay moose hunters with focus on choice behaviour and environmental preferences
(1999)This study examined hunters' attitudes, preferences, and support for a variety of hunting and resource management issues. The survey also included the first application of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to hunters ... -
"From moribund to mobilized" : the Lake Superior Regiment, 1920-1940
(1999)The intent of this work is to determine to what extent the Lake Superior Regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia1 fulfilled both its military and civic role in the Lakehead cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, ... -
Civil defence in Canada 1939-1965 : garnering public support for war and nuclear weapons through the myth of protection
(1999)The Canadian federal government used a civil defence program to sustain public support for World War Two and afterwards for a defence policy based on nuclear weapons. The successful implementation of civil defence ... -
Hamstrings contractile timing in anterior cruciate deficient subjects
(1999)Anterior cruciate injuries are extremely debilitating injuries for active individuals. It is estimated that 60 to 70% of all serious knee injuries involve damage to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) (Brant. 1989). One ... -
Media representations of white supremacy groups : a content analysis of two Ontario newspapers, 1977 to 1992
(1999)This thesis investigates how the print media represents white supremacy groups. More specifically, articles concerned with white supremacy groups are examined from The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star from 1977 to ... -
Buffering against the negative effects of body image media exposure : a comparison of social psychological interventions
(1999)Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating disorders. Further, previous research has ... -
On the spectrum G of a locally compact group G
(1999)Separation properties of the Fell topology, on the spectrum G of a locally compact group G, characterize important properties of G. We will develop three equivalent ways to describe the Fell topology on the spectrum  ... -
Reading tricksters or tricksters reading? An examination of various roles of reading in Thomas King's Green grass, running water
(1999)This thesis explores the Integrative storytelling methods which Thomas King employs in his novel Green Grass, Running Water. This novel includes and focusses on oral storytelling methods concerning listener participation, ... -
Social construction of the middle class : class identification and class images of young Canadians
(1999)There is a contradiction between some of the theoretical issues regarding class and the results of subjective class identification research in the United States and in Canada. Arguments concerning the decline of the ... -
Petrography and mineralogy of the Lac de Gras kimberlite field, Slave Province, Northwest Territories : a comparative study
(1999)The kimberlites studied from the Lac de Gras area are composed o f two broad textural types: hypabyssal kimberlite and volcaniclastic kimberlite. Hypabyssal kimberlite is present within small isolated dyke segments and ...